VACANCIES

Who doesn’t wish we could somehow rent out all the empty spaces in our lives to an angel. Maybe I’m the only one who thinks of that.

Still it would be nice to imagine times such as that. Those little moments of mercy that truly bless.

God doesn’t promise those kinds of solutions. He won’t make that a guarantee for anyone.

True, angels do watch over life. They do observe our behavior and know what we do and pretend we don’t do.

The other day I was having a conversation with a friend. The issue was over the question of what was good.

Now one thing I have come to appreciate is that the Lord did have a plan for humanity. There were means to help us deal with all the vacancies in life.

Unfortunately, life is never in harmony with the Lord’s will since sin was introduced. Nothing works as expected.

Just ends up with so many frustrations. Mainly because we still have those expectations. That is where the problem lies.

We just have this need to crave perfection. And then set our rules according to that standard.

God’s laws are always based on the perfect. Not because He expects us to adhere to perfection.

But because it was to demonstrate how we were incapable of being perfect. And to affirm our need for forgiveness.

Somewhere in the process we altered things by our traditions. So often growing up in the delusion that we can achieve goodness.

Oh the tales I’ve heard. So many stories to explain sin as other than sin. A barter system for trying to say our lives are really okay.

This always leaves holes in our lives. Places vacant of truth. Hollows we try to ignore. And make them seem non-existent.

Holding up morals as if they were something that replaced righteousness. Which never ends up the truth.

All the better to cherish the wonderful message of grace that is God’s sealer for our lives.